Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2020-02-05

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Feb 5
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
155 vs last sale 315 39 vs year ago 199 · 19.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
2 vs last sale 62 17 vs year ago 43 · +39.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
106 head
0 vs last sale 106 51 vs year ago 55 · +92.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder and replacement cows firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.62/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$152.62
25 head · 347 lb average
Value per head Derived
$529
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$90
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$17.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.26
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2270167.174514thin
Medium and Large 1361149.8454221
One grade step is worth $17.33/cwt here — about −$90 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale25 hd
152.62
FL average10 barns · 934 hd
143.35
+9.26
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,63574.041,2115thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22052.1463618
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00846.5847014

Every lot, as filed

16 lots · USDA AMS · North Florida Livestock Auction - Ellisville, FL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1270252.41/cwt250.00–255.006822
BullsMedium and Large 1433168.58/cwt164.00–173.007304
Bulls1,63574.04/cwt71.00–78.001,2115
CowsBoner 80-85%1,62058.00/cwt58.00–58.009401
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19651.79/cwt48.00–55.0061917
CowsLean 85-90%1,00846.58/cwt44.00–47.0047014
SteersMedium and Large 1426186.30/cwt179.00–189.007946
SteersMedium and Large 1321219.13/cwt215.00–225.007037
SteersMedium and Large 1375202.39/cwt197.00–207.507592
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2984109.31/cwt104.00–117.501,0764
HeifersMedium and Large 1472133.63/cwt131.00–135.006313
HeifersMedium and Large 1273198.34/cwt195.00–202.005414
HeifersMedium and Large 1328143.92/cwt142.00–146.004724
HeifersMedium and Large 1377137.68/cwt136.00–140.0051910
HeifersMedium and Large 2270167.17/cwt164.00–170.004514
SteersMedium and Large 1273242.16/cwt230.00–255.006614

How this sale compares

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.